This medium size eurypterid, according to its legs’ morphology, may have been a scavenger looking for food on the seafloor. First described in 1912, 54 years passed after before it gained its own current name. Size : around 25cm of body length Time period : Late Silurian Paleoart speculativometer : Few missing details The animal drawn looks a bit like a scorpion but without claws, short spiny legs at the front, smooth long posterior legs, and a long sword-like telson in place on the sting
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime!
It's the first eurypterid entry of Cheliceratime, happy to start talking about this group with an underdog species!
All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more below!⬇️
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